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Acrilla grignonensis

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Acrilla grignonensis
Shell of † Acrilla grignonensis (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Superfamily: Epitonioidea
Family: Epitoniidae
Genus: Acrilla
Species:
A. grignonensis
Binomial name
Acrilla grignonensis
(Cossmann, 1888)
Synonyms
  • Scala (Acrilla) grignonensis (Cossmann, 1888)
  • Amaea (Acrilla) reticulata grignonensis (Cossmann, 1888)

Acrilla grignonensis is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Epitoniidae, the wentletraps.[1]

Distribution

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Fossils of this marine species have been found in Eocene strata in Yvelines, France.

References

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  • Cossmann (M.) & Pissarro (G.), 1907 - Iconographie complète des coquilles fossiles de l'Éocène des environs de Paris, t. 2, p. pl. 1–9
  • Le Renard (J.) & Pacaud (J.-M.), 1995 - Révision des Mollusques paléogènes du Bassin de Paris. 2 - Liste des références primaires des espèces. Cossmanniana, t. 3, vol. 3, p. 65-132